Eric's place is a lovely apartment, with a great pool downstairs, as well as many other conveniences near by. The fridge was large, the kitchen had everything for basic cooking, and there is a 7 eleven as well as Maxvalue shop a short walk away. The near by pizza place in the back of the Metro Park neighborhood mall was running a buy one get one free pizza, and that was a fun treat while watching Up on the DVD player. We enjoyed our stay, used the pool, caught up on some laundry, and read. The taxis are easy to find, and it is a short drive to the open market a well as the Seacon mall with Yo-Yo land (the market is about 200 meters passed the mall, with sticky mango rice, vegetables and grilled toads, if that's your preference:)) Continuing down the road a bit further (by taxi, another 30/40bht) will get you to the mall with Fantasia Lagoon waterpark, which we found was prettier than Seacon. Over all, we had a great stay, and would invite other travelers to do the same.